{"id":2645,"date":"2011-11-18T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T15:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork?p=2645"},"modified":"2019-02-26T09:46:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T14:46:58","slug":"fun-feminine-and-full-of-color-in-funlayo-deris-new-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/fun-feminine-and-full-of-color-in-funlayo-deris-new-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun, Feminine, and Full of Color in Funlayo Deri&#8217;s New Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/11\/Funlayo-ciaafrique-african-fashion.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2646 lazyload\" title=\"Funlayo-ciaafrique-african-fashion\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2011\/11\/Funlayo-ciaafrique-african-fashion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"552\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Funlayo Deri retailed on <a href=\"https:\/\/adiree.com\">Adiree.com,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0wowed audiences at <a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\">Africa Fashion Week<\/a>: <em>New York (A<\/em>FWNY) 2011 with her elegant womanly designs that said &#8216;here I am&#8217; in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>Her fashion celebrates the female form while emphasizing curves and gives just a hint of skin, but never too much.<\/p>\n<p>Team Adiree were\u00a0(and still are) excited that she revealed her Spring\/Summer 2012 line.\u00a0 This line was particularly special because it added\u00a0color to her repertoire and channeled more of softer but still sophisticated side of the designer.<\/p>\n<p>Funlayo, who is originally from Nigeria, but resides in Bulgaria, received her inspiration from contemporary architectural structures. She combined textured designs with soft silhouettes- a\u00a0 nod to\u00a0modern women and the various dimensions\/ roles they play.<\/p>\n<p>Her use of silks, taffeta, organza, and embroidered lace embody old Hollywood and femininity. This even includes the flowing floor-length gowns, high-waisted shorts, structured jackets, and trousers.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciaafrique.com\/2011\/11\/funlayo-deri-launches-her-springsummer.html\">Ciaafrique<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funlayo Deri retailed on Adiree.com,\u00a0\u00a0wowed audiences at Africa Fashion Week: New York (AFWNY) 2011 with her elegant womanly designs that said &#8216;here I am&#8217; in a big way. Her fashion celebrates the female form while emphasizing curves and gives just a hint of skin, but never too much. Team Adiree were\u00a0(and still are) excited that&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[72,73,75],"tags":[2996,128,90,82,556,794,477,646,234,795,796],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12619,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645\/revisions\/12619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}